John Evans – Bishop Auckland

November 2018

Bishop Auckland man admits sexual activity with underage girl

A pervert who admitted sexual activity with an underage girl as well as creating, obtaining and distributing thousands of indecent images of children has been told by a judge to expect a “significant custodial sentence”.

John Evans, of Toft Hill, near Bishop Auckland, pleaded guilty to 21 charges relating to sexual activity with a child under 13, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and making, possessing and distributing indecent images between 2013 and 2017.

The charges relate to just under 3,000 class A images, 7,000 class B images and 9,000 class C images.

Judge Stephen Ashurst told the 52-year-old he would be giving him “false hope” by granting him bail, and described the 21 offences as “serious sexual behaviour”.